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Thaksin Shinawatara
![The U.S. Needs to Get Tough on Thailand The U.S. Needs to Get Tough on Thailand](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-18_06-27-34.jpg)
The U.S. Needs to Get Tough on Thailand
By David A. Merkel
By ignoring the democratic regression, Washington is sending dangerous signals to the rest of the region.
![Thailand Scores Low on Political Rights Thailand Scores Low on Political Rights](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-08_08-49-45.jpg)
Thailand Scores Low on Political Rights
By Mong Palatino
A new report underscores the worsening political situation in Thailand.
![Prayuth Installed as Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Installed as Thai Prime Minister](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-08-22_07-37-58.jpg)
Prayuth Installed as Thai Prime Minister
By Clint Richards
The junta appears intent on forestalling the Thaksins’ return to political power.
![Thailand’s Rice Scheme Post-Mortem Thailand’s Rice Scheme Post-Mortem](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-07-23_23-37-00.jpg)
Thailand’s Rice Scheme Post-Mortem
By Steve Finch
The nation remains as divided as ever over the fallout from the Shinawatras’ controversial rice subsidies.
![Thailand’s Democracy Under Siege Thailand’s Democracy Under Siege](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-07-22_11-01-09.jpg)
Thailand’s Democracy Under Siege
By Samak Mith
If the country is to reform, it must go beyond politics.
![Thailand’s Crisis and the 1932 Revolution Thailand’s Crisis and the 1932 Revolution](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-07-16_11-38-49.jpg)
Thailand’s Crisis and the 1932 Revolution
By James Buchanan
The country will not be able to move forward until it has properly dealt with its past.
![What Will Thailand’s Post-Coup 'Democracy' Look Like? What Will Thailand’s Post-Coup 'Democracy' Look Like?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-06-21_12-46-44.jpg)
What Will Thailand’s Post-Coup 'Democracy' Look Like?
By Joshua Kurlantzick
When democracy does return to Thailand it will surely be very unlike anything the country has seen before.
![Cambodian Exodus Signals Tough Times with Thai Junta Cambodian Exodus Signals Tough Times with Thai Junta](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-06-20_05-19-34.jpg)
Cambodian Exodus Signals Tough Times with Thai Junta
By Luke Hunt
The Thai military is having difficulty proving this coup is any different from previous incarnations.
![Tense Times in Thailand Tense Times in Thailand](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-06-05_00-39-45.jpg)
Tense Times in Thailand
By Mark Fenn
Hoping to destroy the pro-Thaksin forces once and for all, the military is taking a much tougher line this time around.
![Thailand’s Déjà-Coup Thailand’s Déjà-Coup](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-06-05_00-15-17.jpg)
Thailand’s Déjà-Coup
By Lee Jones
Why the current military intervention is as doomed to fail as the last one was.
![Thailand: A Coup, the Crown, and Two Middle Classes Thailand: A Coup, the Crown, and Two Middle Classes](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-23_01-55-03.jpg)
Thailand: A Coup, the Crown, and Two Middle Classes
By Serhat Ünaldi
Thailand’s twelfth coup since 1932 reveals both the sorry state of its democracy and the erosion of the monarchy.
![The Jokowi Effect in Southeast Asia The Jokowi Effect in Southeast Asia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-16_06-27-13.jpg)
The Jokowi Effect in Southeast Asia
By Mong Palatino
Joko Widodo’s potential presidential victory could well inspire other citizen movements in Southeast Asia.